Abdullah
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Abdullah is Arabic for “servant of God,” and the alternate spelling Abdallah shows the word Allah within it. Abdullah is among the most common names in the Arab world, was borne by the Prophet Muhammad’s father and by the King of Jordan, and has been widely used in the U.S. since 1996.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
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Usage of Abdullah in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Abdullah against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Abdullah is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Abdullah in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 337 boys were named Abdullah, making it the #763 boys' name in the US. Since 1947, 9,383 boys have been named Abdullah, with the most (413) in 2014. It is most common, relative to births, in New York, Michigan and Illinois.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Towns named Abdullah
There are 453 towns and villages with Abdullah in their name, in 11 countries.
🇵🇰 Pakistan 371🇦🇫 Afghanistan 56🇮🇳 India 9🇲🇾 Malaysia 5🇸🇸 South Sudan 4🇲🇦 Morocco 2🇹🇷 Turkey 2🇧🇩 Bangladesh 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Abdullah Khaskheli | Sindh, 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 1,000 | Map |
| Abdullah | Balochistan, 🇵🇰 Pakistan | – | Map |
| Abdullah | Balochistan, 🇵🇰 Pakistan | – | Map |
| Abdullah | Balochistan, 🇵🇰 Pakistan | – | Map |
| Abdullah | Balochistan, 🇵🇰 Pakistan | – | Map |
| Abdullah | Sindh, 🇵🇰 Pakistan | – | Map |
| Abdullah | Sindh, 🇵🇰 Pakistan | – | Map |
| Abdullah | Western Equatoria, 🇸🇸 South Sudan | – | Map |
| Abdullah | Hatay, 🇹🇷 Turkey | – | Map |
| Abdullah | Çorum, 🇹🇷 Turkey | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Abdullah
There are 1 lakes and reservoirs with Abdullah in their name.
| Name | Where | |
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| Mir Abdullah Dhand | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 🇵🇰 Pakistan | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Celebrities named Abdullah
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Abdullah.
Abdullah Avcı
Abdullah Ercan
Abdullah Kobayashi
Abdullah the Butcher
Fictional characters named Abdullah
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
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